"That'd be cool."
High praise and even a bit of enthusiasm, I promise--it takes something interesting to break her cool that early in the day.
Actually, both of the kids have pretty much liked any and all superhero movies they've seen. They're not necessarily the pickiest of audiences, but I guess that's beside the point.
Their favorites? The thirteen-year-old says either the Fantastic Four movies, or possibly Iron Man (though that's fresh in her mind so it's hard to tell whether that's a factor). I asked her about the X-Men movies, but she didn't care as much for those, mainly because they're too different from the comic books. She's familiar with the X-books storylines, so this matters to her. She's not that knowledgeable about either Iron Man or the FF, so did not notice any differences there.
The nine-year-old says Iron Man as well (again, possibly due to her having just seen it), or possibly the X-Men.
So we were going over all the superhero movies they'd seen.
Me: "And you've also seen Daredevil and Elektra and Catwoman."
The thirteen-year-old: "Well, they weren't worth remembering, that's why we forgot. Well, I liked the Catwoman movie, she was cool, but it wasn't like the real Catwoman at all."
Then I mentioned Spider-Man, whose movies were pronounced an unenthusiastic "all right."
Opinion on the Adam West 1966 Batman?
"That was the best! He had a bomb, and he was running--and he was blue. And he wasn't evil, or depressed!"
I suspect that modern Batman isn't going to be on her favorite list either. :)
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i can't believe the youths like the old school bats
I was a little surprised, too. But I think she (it was the thirteen-year-old) was mainly reacting against modern-era emo-Batman. She's a teenager now and has very little patience with emo, presumably because she is annoyed by so much of it at school.
"And he wasn't evil, or depressed!"
Now, THAT's adorable.
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